The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
JOSEPH CAMPBELLWhat we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure.
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Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don’t let anyone throw you off.
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Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. –
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Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an end.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
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I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
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Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.
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It is not society which is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse.
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You don’t ask what a dance means. You enjoy it. You don’t ask what the world means. You enjoy it. You don’t ask what you mean. You enjoy it.
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When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.
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When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.
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